Large number of cars seemingly being unlocked?

[djohnson]

For the last few nights in our village (Burley in Wharfedale for those who know it) and surrounding villages a significant number of locked cars have been opened without damage and contents stolen. I understand how they are opening the keyless entry cars but a lot of those opened aren’t keyless. Seems to cover a range of makes. Without wanting someone to post up instructions on how to do this, for obvious reasons, is there a new method / gadget out there that’s enabling them to do this? One of our cars is keyless and we have one of those pouches for the keys is there anything else we can now do to protect from this? Thanks for any replies. Dave

[djohnson]

Nope other than proximity no real pattern. If it was a particular make / model would make more sense to me but it’s not.

[djohnson]

Grahamdub said:

NGee said:

Yep, don't leave anything worth nicking in your car.

I have to agree with this. The amount of valuables I see left on show when I am walking our dog late evening or early morning beggars belief. I have seen sat navs, phones, wallets, credit cards, cash, house keys, handbags amongst other things.
As for the ease of breaking into cars, ebay seems to supply all you need.

Yep I do tend to leave sunglasses etc out in mine.

[djohnson]

Greendubber said:

You'd be amazed at the amount of people dont actually lock their car.

It wouldn't be a great shock if a chunk of the vehicles entered weren't locked in the first place.

Thanks. Yes that must be it.